Fidel Castro Is Dead, Rumor Says

LatinDispatch.com:

Former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has passed away, according to an unverified rumor that spread like a forest fire through the social media site Twitter Monday evening.

The rumor is almost certainly unfounded.

Several of the tweets that seem to have instigated the rumor cited a publication called “Cuba Press” as the source of the unconfirmed report.

If such a publication exists, it doesn’t care to publish to the Web. Internet searches turned up nothing.

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[ASCECuba]

11:22 PM on 01/04/2012

The Association for the Study of Cuban Economy will hold its annual session on the Cuban economy at the meetings of the American Economic Association on Jan 07, 2012 at 10:15 am at the Hyatt Regency, Skyway 269 in Chicago. See www.ascecuba.org and below for details:

Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Skyway 269, Chicago, IL Association for the Study of Cuban Economy

The Cuban Economy (P2)
Presiding: Deirdre McCloskey (University of Illinois-Chicago)
Recession and Policy Transmission to Latin American Tourism: Does Expanded Travel to Cuba Offset Crisis Spillovers? Rafael Romeu (International Monetary Fund)
Cuban Household Consumption: An Update; Luis Locay (University of Miami).
Cuba's Evolving Output Gap; Andy Wolfe (International Monetary Fund)

Discussants:
Deirdre McCloskey (University of Illinois-Chicago); Oscar Mitnik (University of Miami); Luis Locay (University of Miami)

[Yankeebrown]

05:17 PM on 01/04/2012

No way, the devil does not want competition! lol

[LMPE]

04:44 PM on 01/04/2012

Ha ha! An unfounded story from a news source that doesn't appear to actually exist!

Wasn't there a rumor that Hitler faked his death?

[opprobrious]

01:53 AM on 01/04/2012

No Cuba Press? Now I'm really suspicious. I gave that nice man my credit card number over the phone for a three year subscription and not one issue has showed up on my doorstep. Hmmm.

[tkondaks]

12:33 AM on 01/04/2012

Too bad. The mass-murdering, human rights violating, anti-democratic, totalitarian dictator can't be dead soon enough.

[BANDDUDE]

12:46 AM on 01/04/2012

Are you talking about George Bush?

[freedom1947]

09:35 AM on 01/04/2012

I hope so.

[Enroh Mot]

12:49 AM on 01/04/2012

Cuban death squads should stay out of Central America.

[rubadub]

12:26 AM on 01/04/2012

Ronald Reagan is alive, rumour says.

[freedom1947]

10:44 AM on 01/04/2012

Ronnie is doing well. Growing high quality med cannabis in oakland.